gainithir

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ganyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁yétor, deponent present of *ǵenh₁-.

Verb

gainithir (conjunct ·gainedar, verbal noun gein)

  1. to be born

Inflection

Simple, class B II present, reduplicated preterite, a future, a subjunctive, deponent
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj. ·gainedar ·gainemmar ·gainetar
rel. gainethar, genethar
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj. ·génair ·génatar
rel.
perfect deut. ro·génar ro·génair ro·génartar
prot.
future abs. gignithir
conj. ·gignethar
rel. gignathar; génathar
conditional ·gigned
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun gein
past participle
verbal of necessity

Quotations

  • c. 750-800 Tairired na nDessi from Rawlinson B 502, published in "The Expulsion of the Dessi", Y Cymmrodor (1901, Society of Cymmrodorion), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, vol. 14, pp. 104-135, paragraph 8
    B[irt] Cui[ni]u ingin dó .i. Eithne Úatha[ch]. Bæ Bri mac Bairceda in druí isin dún in aidchi ro·genair Eithne.
    Cuiniu bore a daughter to [Crimthann], i.e. Eithne the Dread. The druid Bri, son of Baircid, was in the fort in the night when Eithne was born.
  • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11a17
    .i. a n-ail inna ndead ɫ. int uisque iarsin ganim ɫ. is hé Crist ro·genir post.
    [describing a rock] i.e. their rock behind them, or the water along the sand, or it is Christ who was born post.
  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 44a11
    .i. intan do·fuissemar sechtair a síl-sin ⁊ gainethar hón mathir is and is ainm dó fructus.
    i.e. when that seed is brought forth and is born of the mother, it is then that its name is fructus.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: gin
  • Scottish Gaelic: gin
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: modgénair, mogénar (from mad génair (“fortunately was born”))

References

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